BACKGROUND The Cooper Institute established new criterion-referenced standards for the body composition and cardiovascular fitness standards for the FITNESSGRAM(®) program. PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate differences in the achievement of standards and classification agreement between the old and new standards. METHODS Fitness data were collected during the 2009-2010 schoo...

Cardiovascular disease is the most frequent cause of death in Saudi Arabia; next to road traffic accidents. Both resistance and aerobic exercises provide greatest benefits as best exercise modality for prevention cardiovascular diseases. To determine prevalence associated risk factors among adult population attending Fitness center/Gymnasium Arar, Kingdom Arabia. In a randomized cross-sectional...

Physical fitness assessments for tactical occupations (e.g., military, law enforcement, and emergency services) can include predictive tests of anaerobic power, cardiovascular fitness, muscular endurance, strength, agility, and/or simulated occupational tasks. Not only these be used to assess the ability someone undertake job role but they determine injury risk, training failure, general health...

BACKGROUND Our aim was to gain insight into the incidence rates for, distribution of, and risk factors of postoperative cardiovascular and respiratory complications in major head and neck surgery. METHODS We performed a retrospective review of 469 patients who had undergone primary major head and neck surgery. Outcome measures were incidence rates, risk factors, and distribution over time for...

BACKGROUND Many weight-loss programs in children are performed without specific foci on training both physical fitness and motor skills. The aim of this study was to describe the effect of a one-year weight-loss program on children's motor skills and physical fitness. METHODS Participants included 115 overweight fifth-grade children (12.0 years) randomized into either a Day-Camp Intervention ...

The message from the nation’s scientists is clear, unequivocal, and unified: physical inactivity is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and its prevalence is an important public health issue. New scientific knowledge based on epidemiological observational studies, cohort studies, controlled trials, and basic research has led to an unprecedented focus on physical activity and exercise. The...

OBJECTIVE To examine the association of physical fitness and obesity with academic achievement and the independent association between fitness and academic achievement after controlling for relevant confounders such as age, parental education, and body mass index in school aged children. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional study including 893 schoolchildren, aged 9-11 years, from Cuenca, Spain. Data...